The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-29
LAND OF BIG GAME.

Tor ll,I'y !y,h;ch cmptied into the Cauvery
acreeh vantv "n miles below us. There had
nVel' .hnotiny done in this neighbor-
heen ~, Nv ,n,ny wears, for the reason that
hcou =. ,,l,gue had carried off hundreds OF
aat;rn. aNss. and depopulatetl many OF the
uv saaar 'a. Game mad had opportunity to
Iasso "l,as and VIC hnd reason I" look for
lns ms.a N some exciting. sport. II native
s.n.ar "'an living near Seringnpatam, and
'an na 1ras with us in charge OF the ser~
".n,s "nu had been told by good authority
va. "n lions and tigers had come into
na ,'a' .ha ntloned distlict until they were as
.lant;f1,l .nu ns h;rcs, and that We should f1nt:
= hunters paradise.
W. nitched our camp on Il cleared sIot
~ the right bank OF the creek, which, had
.,rn feet Of water in II and was Abont ten
taet wide, II WAS It hilly country all
.hont rs, with the ground fairly wei!
t;mhered. Half n mile below us was
W. abandoned native village, and many
acres Of ground which had once been
tillel were now grown up to bush ana
reeds, We went into camp about an
hour before sundow'.
Thc next ,|ay was uslltretl in with a
arizzling rain. and IL was early decided
mt to have any general beat mp for game,
Int 70 uVCElElll ilA ii. A'A't A''pI''>H e''A
make ready for next day Soon after
hrcakfayt took m: repeating rifle and
navy revolver, Slipped some extra car
tr;dccs into my pocket. and set on, alone
IN have Il look 1T the deserted village be-
low us.
~ warn YOU Go bc careful, sir clu-
,;onel u native tiger slayer as l passed
,he spot on which hr was incnding u
saddle.
"Oh, have no fear. and the wild
1easts will b<. asleep this morning. any
how
"Somc may not, ~ he answered. with u
dubious shake of the head, and he was
looking after me as entered the bush.
Ihad forgotten to say that during the
night we were greatly disturbed by the
noises around us. We kept several large
fires going. and while these prevented
marauding beasts from coming too near,
The glare probably attracted them to the
kcality. One could distinguish the spit of
The panther. the snarl Of the tiger and the
voice Of the lion: and added to these were
The howl Of the wolf. the chatter Of the
hyena and the yelp Of the iackul. Truly,
We had struck 81 rich find. Driven out
ii the other districts, the beast creation
had made their way to this, and the sound
efa hunters rifle had not been heard here
for years.
had not gone u quarter of IL mile from
lamp when IL large black snake ran kissing
away from my feet, and l heard wild
teast Of some sort making its way in tho
'hicke,. These We're proofs that / could
not be over prudent. and thereafter ! kept
my eyes about inc and my rifle ready for
instant service. The village was strung
along the creek for half IL mile, hut i..'
hrst hut J. came to was TN inclosurc that
had been used for u council house. Tho
lour walls We're ct asnte, while the roof
was matched. There We're really hut
three walls. one end being left open except
slight return Of each side wall. This
open space was ut least twenty feet across.
while there was room enough inside for
4W people tn sit or stand The open end
looked back In the direction | had come,
anu twenty feet AWAY WAS the beginning
ga wall which extended for about 800
1eet, 1t Was about four feet high made
adobe, and ! could moi, make out ior
what purpose it had been erected. II an
enemy had been expected TO approach
rom east or west this wall would have
Mth good breastw ork, although its left
"anS could have easily been turned.
stood for three or four minutes scam
'tng the interior Of the building. and then
walked To the fur.her end Of it. There
were couple Of whitcnel skulls on the
s'ouha: and l gave one Of them Il kick.
.s ola SO an insect or reptile of some
. issued forth with great sHiftncss and
,""E or hlt me on the left wrist It's
sn"'en'elits We're SO rapid that could not
s;,s,'S Sne'her 1t flew or spr;,ng at Inc. I
h,lis eausht glimpse ar two of Il dark.
m" as o"aect, ami then felt the pain, which
,',:s, "as as severe as if | had been touched
.'n red hot iron. carried an antidotc
,.roa. '"s,e' ana reptile poisoning. Near the
s'est doorway was block of wood, and I
nv, :" II: pulled Off my coat, pushed up
ris\t sies\t and examined the wound.
,,rn,.' was nut one puncture but it. had
,a1'1' "n oh"'o. and the tiesl, was RAPIDLY
''''3' sno, | brought my arm IN an..
,n;,. nNe' away at the wound for tworr three
ana '"'eS, n and then applied the anti,iotc
h,ro Wrapped a bandage utnu, il. lmust
,ho,e' u'it"n all the poison out, h,. never
- Vas l soon found myself as weak
tim.s 'apc and my head seemed four
va. "r' large for my body. Indeed.
Inv % '!r'''" to stand up for fear that
head ',T', ,r,: would not support The
abon, ,;,, ','S feeling began to 20 away il,
yratm,,t;, ','eh minutes. and was Just con.
ht,nls whon Is myself on my lucky cscam
wan, .lrhcd my eyes to the north. or to.
an ",o,p' ..li'p' The sight thrilled mo like
On tha thsIttic shock, Close beside tho wall
N, ,I h;n 'slt t3 hand side, was IL tiger. i rons'
Of ,;fas 'ell"w, who had seen fifteen wears
close ,. T., ,, on the right hand side. and mis-,
size,l ," n',, ,h' base cf the wan, was a me,linn
plainly ''" 'h,n ll'n' and the attitude of boti,
ing me- ''""ra that they had been stalk,
the yict;,, t w, VAS ~ sti!l hunt, and was
bush to 1't tto me lion had come out of the
cut Of = ,h;eI ,ue right, and the tiger had come
Creek. Sa;,S .snket to the left, and crossed the
the 90. -Neither animal cn,l.l Ls.s. .s' ~